BRIEF HISTORY

There are names in the Russian history that
will always live in our memory. To those
names belongs the name of the ancient Russian
Prince Alexander Nevsky, the talented army
commander, wise politician and clever
diplomat. He dreamed of a great, united
Russia.

It is after him the Russian School in Homebush
was named. It was founded in 1971 and started
with about twenty students. And now it
is one of the largest Russian schools in
Sydney with about 110 students and twenty
teachers.

The main aims of the school are:

teaching the Russian language

studying the fundamentals of Orthodox faith

development of students for the final tests in
Russian in accordance with the Department of
Education programme

The following subjects are included in the
school’s curriculum:

Scripture

Russian Language

Russian literature

History of Russia

Geography of Russia

Translation from English into Russian and from
Russian into English.

Initially, the economic position of the school
was very hard. There was not enough
finance to buy the books and technical
equipment. To accumulate funds the
tradition of organising concerts and annual
balls was established. And eventually
the tape recorders, photocopying machine, TV
set, video and other things were acquired for
the school.

There are grades one to ten, preparatory class
and kindergarten in the school. In addition, a
school chorus, dancing group and drama class
exist. Since 1973 the school has
conducted its classes in the premise of the
Homebush Public School. The school operates
from 8:30am to 1:50pm each Saturday during the
NSW school year, is registered with the NSW
Board of Studies and follows a syllabus that
meets the criteria stated in the ACE Manual.

Assessment of students achievements in the
four language skills is continuous, and a
record of the students’ attendance and
progress is kept.The school takes full
responsibility in grading students according
to the Course Performance Descriptors.